The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2025
Waxing Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
10:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.22° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.97° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.